I noticed on webmaster-talk.com another thread where someone had been ripped off.

It’s basically the same old story. Someone had paid upfront for a website without receiving the domain or files and the seller absconded with the loot.

In this case, it seems the seller had previously sold the site at Digital Point and the scammed buyer failed to check the domain’s whois information.

Luckily, the buyer managed to confirm that the seller was the same person who sold the site in the first place via the Paypal information and quickly made a complaint via Internet Crime Complaint Centre and put in a dispute at Paypal.

Usually, the story ends with Paypal refusing to refund regardless of how much evidence you provide, due to websites and domains being ‘intangible’. However, the unfortunate buyer managed to find a real address for the ’seller’ and got his money back after alerting him that the Police were on there way.

It’s good to hear a good outcome for once, as usually the scammers always win.

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